Anyone ever build a pedal board?

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I have to literally be able to plug everything in….because fuck it that’s why…. SIZE MATTERS KIMG……
 
JackBootedThug said:
I have to literally be able to plug everything in….because fuck it that’s why…. SIZE MATTERS KIMG……
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you better break your soldering iron out ..... and start learning how to make patch cables ... power cables ... then you'll need " power bricks " of some sort ...

or you could go full trailer park .... and just cut a piece of plywood to the size you want .... make feet with some 2x4 scrap ... drop that setup as it's sitting in that pic on top of the plywood ... drill holes on the sides of the pedals .... and zip tie them down ....

you'll still have all that fun noise associated with running 32 pedals split into stereo going into two different heads ...... but you'll be organized ...
 
I would just figure out what size pedalboard you need and buy the equivalent Pedaltrain model. Then, lay all your pedals out how you want to play them, with your most used pedals (boost, phaser) on the bottom and lest used pedals (compression, gate, tuner) on the top. Then, wire it up in order of your signal chain. Sometimes, it means long patch cables, but (1) if you buffer properly, it won't matter, and (2) playing your pedals is more important than laying them out in order. That's what a pedalboard is for.

For power supplies, you generally want isolated outputs that supply more power than the pedal requirements. You generally can create ground loops by powering the pedals in front of your amp on the same daisy chain as the pedals in the loop. Isolated outputs can eliminate that. You can still daisy chain your boosts up front if need be, as one output on most power supplies will run more boost pedals than you should ever need.
 
BeZo said:
I would just figure out what size pedalboard you need and buy the equivalent Pedaltrain model. Then, lay all your pedals out how you want to play them, with your most used pedals (boost, phaser) on the bottom and lest used pedals (compression, gate, tuner) on the top. Then, wire it up in order of your signal chain. Sometimes, it means long patch cables, but (1) if you buffer properly, it won't matter, and (2) playing your pedals is more important than laying them out in order. That's what a pedalboard is for.

For power supplies, you generally want isolated outputs that supply more power than the pedal requirements. You generally can create ground loops by powering the pedals in front of your amp on the same daisy chain as the pedals in the loop. Isolated outputs can eliminate that. You can still daisy chain your boosts up front if need be, as one output on most power supplies will run more boost pedals than you should ever need.
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ground loop ???
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griff10672 said:
you better break your soldering iron out ..... and start learning how to make patch cables ... power cables ... then you'll need " power bricks " of some sort ...

or you could go full trailer park .... and just cut a piece of plywood to the size you want .... make feet with some 2x4 scrap ... drop that setup as it's sitting in that pic on top of the plywood ... drill holes on the sides of the pedals .... and zip tie them down ....

you'll still have all that fun noise associated with running 32 pedals split into stereo going into two different heads ...... but you'll be organized ...
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Good idea…. But it’s three heads…. I’m running wet/wet/wet… I’m a trailblazer….
 
I built a pedal board and a rack for effects both were made out of Oak. The pedal board was pretty big and it weighed a ton! Make sure you use light wood lol. Unfortunately I don't have a picture of it this was about 15 years ago
 
If I can find my old bow case I might fab up one too fit in it. I do have a brand new tactical double rifle bag which is pretty much the perfect size… hmmmm….
 
Yes. Built a half dozen over the years. Go to Home Depot and you'll be all set. Plywood, paint, Velcro, rubber feet and a handle or two if needed.
The hardest part is cutting the plywood to size and that's easy if you have the tool(s).
 
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